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package java.security.cert;

import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;

/**
 * An exception indicating one of a variety of problems encountered when
 * building a certification path with a {@code CertPathBuilder}.
 * <p>
 * A {@code CertPathBuilderException} provides support for wrapping
 * exceptions. The {@link #getCause getCause} method returns the throwable,
 * if any, that caused this exception to be thrown.
 * <p>
 * <b>Concurrent Access</b>
 * <p>
 * Unless otherwise specified, the methods defined in this class are not
 * thread-safe. Multiple threads that need to access a single
 * object concurrently should synchronize amongst themselves and
 * provide the necessary locking. Multiple threads each manipulating
 * separate objects need not synchronize.
 *
 * @author Sean Mullan
 * @see CertPathBuilder
 * @since 1.4
 */
public class CertPathBuilderException extends GeneralSecurityException {

  private static final long serialVersionUID = 5316471420178794402L;

  /**
   * Creates a {@code CertPathBuilderException} with {@code null}
   * as its detail message.
   */
  public CertPathBuilderException() {
    super();
  }

  /**
   * Creates a {@code CertPathBuilderException} with the given
   * detail message. The detail message is a {@code String} that
   * describes this particular exception in more detail.
   *
   * @param msg the detail message
   */
  public CertPathBuilderException(String msg) {
    super(msg);
  }

  /**
   * Creates a {@code CertPathBuilderException} that wraps the specified
   * throwable. This allows any exception to be converted into a
   * {@code CertPathBuilderException}, while retaining information
   * about the wrapped exception, which may be useful for debugging. The
   * detail message is set to ({@code cause==null ? null : cause.toString()})
   * (which typically contains the class and detail message of
   * cause).
   *
   * @param cause the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the {@link #getCause getCause()}
   * method). (A {@code null} value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or
   * unknown.)
   */
  public CertPathBuilderException(Throwable cause) {
    super(cause);
  }

  /**
   * Creates a {@code CertPathBuilderException} with the specified
   * detail message and cause.
   *
   * @param msg the detail message
   * @param cause the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the {@link #getCause getCause()}
   * method). (A {@code null} value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or
   * unknown.)
   */
  public CertPathBuilderException(String msg, Throwable cause) {
    super(msg, cause);
  }

}
